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Children's

Infiltrators

Abby heard the car pull up. A flush of triumph rose in her chest. Bella was home from school! Now the gloating could begin!
Being twins, the sisters spent most of their time trying to out-do each ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Adventure 3 min

Nelson Packrat

Sharyn Bajerai

Nelson Packrat was a pack rat who lived in a small cave. One day his mother looked around the tunnels of their nest and thought it was time for a spring cleaning.
"Nelson, I can barely get into ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Adventure Humor 3 min

Rachel Reynolds Zombie Whisperer

Laurel Handfield

The creepy old house smells like three-month-old kitty litter and rotting dumpster food.

The night is cold, and the air in the run-down house even colder. Rachel takes another step down the hall ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Adventure 4 min

The Adventurous Little Mole and the Squid Attack

Edward Mack

The adventurous little mole, whose name was Oscar, lived in a mole-hole at the bottom of the sea with his unadventurous mother and father and his timid little sister who was scared of ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family 2 min

Rocco

Kristy Roser Nuttall

Rocco always knew he was a little different.

While other dinosaurs ran wild through the forest, Rocco spent his time in the kitchen wearing an apron and doing baking experiments.

Rocco was ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Adventure 4 min

Pirate Creek

Lou Piccolo

Lake Tahoe, July 1st, 2018

Hello Benjamin,

I'm Erin. You don't know me, but I know a little bit about you. I found your library card in my bedroom in this cabin. Here's what I know about ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Humor Slice of life 2 min

A Hippo in the Kitchen

Edward Mack

There was a hippo in the kitchen. No one knew how it got there, or when, but there was undeniably an enormous, sloppy, disheveled hippo in the kitchen.
"And," I said, examining the lunch my mothe ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family 4 min

A Girl's Guide to Everyday Magic

Angela Teagardner

After reading Howl's Moving Castle, Cecil enchanted our house. It walked in creaking, swaying steps, shifting barely two blocks in an afternoon, so when I woke to see a rocky coast outside my ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Adventure 5 min

The Kitten Conundrum

Sara Matson

My name is Andy Tannenbaum, and I'm a private eye. But until last week, I'd never solved a case—except for the time my little sister Tara thought someone had stolen her Batman underpants. I found ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3 min

Spark, the Not So Hot Dragon

Emily Dorffer

Spark's fiery breath wasn't as hot as the other dragons'. No matter how hard he blew, he could never match the intensity of the other dragons' flames.

While Spark's fire was just hot enough to ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3 min

Ghost in Training

Kathryn England

Peekaboo tiptoed towards the stray cat preening itself in the abandoned house.
His older brother, Shriekaboo, rolled his eyes. "Why are you creeping?" he asked. "The cat can't hear you."
"He's ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Slice of life 1 min

Wendell and Sam

Jill Nogales

Wendell the dog awoke to the wonderful smell of summer.

Samantha the cat stretched and yawned. She could smell it too. "This is a perfect day for..."

"...going to the beach, right?" Wendell ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Slice of life 3 min

Lost and Found Christmas

Susan Lendroth

Billie scuffed her flip flops through the dry needles scattered over the Christmas tree lot. Pine scent filled the air. But it felt too hot for Christmas.

"How about this one?" Her mom turned a ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family 3 min

Teaching Machines

George Lockett

Elli scowled at the screen. When the CompuTeach powered on, it was supposed to make the sound. The happy sound; the fanfare that heralded the few delightful hours of her day where she could ask ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Slice of life 2 min

Squiggle Monster

Kristy Roser Nuttall

Lydia hugged her new purple sketchbook, pens, pencils, watercolors, and paintbrushes.

She jumped and twirled at the thought of making her very own ART.

But when she opened the sketchbook ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Humor 5 min

Granny May's Oops-a-Daisy Labor Day Parade

Kris K Quinn

It was the summer of 1983 and eight-year-old Danny Brown was having a terrible time. A shy and serious only child, he had recently been forced to move with his parents and, as far as he was ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Slice of life 1 min

The Trembling Voice

Elena Lmr

Paul is one of the kids in my class.

Paul always sits by himself at the back of the class. He has big green glasses, looks shy and has such a trembling voice that he sounds as if he's stumbling ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Slice of life 3 min

A Line Drawn in Chalk

Doria Lescure

Justine and Margie had decided to take the lead in the revolt. They were discussing in muttered tones in their little brother Charlie's room. As he was only two years old, he would not be capable of ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Adventure 3 min

Orologio

Stéphane Sogsine

— Psst! Kiddo!
Mary continued to walk straight on, looking right ahead of her.
— Psst!
Who was that? Where did that whistle come from?
She turned her head. Nobody there. Nothing but the ... [+]

Children's

Friendship & Family Slice of life 5 min

Looking for Birds

Sandra Bartmann

Today, for my twelfth birthday, Mom gave me a pair of binoculars to watch the birds and a leatherette notebook with a chain. Notebooks with chains are for girls, and I didn't even know what ... [+]